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 ====== Classified Posting Guidelines ====== ====== Classified Posting Guidelines ======
  
-Classifieds a place for sellinggiving away or swapping your excess personal items and also to indicate interest in obtaining items.  Moderators reserve the right to unpublish listings that are deemed inappropriate.+Classifieds is benefit for long term members to sellgive away or swap your **excess personal items**, or express interest in obtaining items. Moderators reserve the right to unpublish listings that are deemed inappropriate.
  
-====== What can be posted? ======+Classifieds are **strictly** for personal use between members only. If you are a business and you have a good bargain to promote, please [[http://www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/submit|post them as deals]]. 
  
-  * Classifieds are **strictly** for personal use between members onlyIf you are a business and you have a good bargain to promote, please [[http://www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/submit|post them as deals]] +__Major Update 15/6/22:__ See the following sections for what can and can't be posted: 
-  * No referral solicitation or offering personal services/**purchasing on behalf of others**. No reselling items with the intent of making profit (including gift cards or credit card statement offers). Gift cards in large quantities, amounts or repeatedly listed by the same poster are not permitted. + 
-  * **No Entertainment book voucher swapping**, please use the [[http://www.ozbargain.com.au/forum/57922|Entertainment Book Voucher Swap]] forum instead+====== What CAN'T be posted (Selling/Swapping)? ====== 
-  * [[http://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:banned_items|Banned Items]] & alcohol sales are not allowed.  + 
-  * Warning: Please note that buying or selling Qantas & Virgin points can lead to the suspension of your Frequent Flyer account(s) and/or the loss of points.+  Credit card statement offers or benefits (including travel credit). Wanted posts ARE permitted. 
 +  Items not in your possession, or scalping (buying any item, with the intent to resell for profit) 
 +  
 +[[https://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/buying-products-and-services/buying-services/buying-tickets-and-ticket-reselling#reselling|Also see Scalping Laws for Reselling Tickets.]] 
 + 
 +====== What CAN'T be posted (All Areas)? ====== 
 + 
 +  * Referral benefits (Use the [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:referral_links|OzBargain referral system]] or request it be added [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/139622|here]])
 +  * [[http://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:banned_items|Banned Items]]
 +  * Therapeutic goods (Such as paracetamol, rapid antigen tests, masks or hand sanitiser). 
 + 
 +====== What CAN be posted (All Areas)? ====== 
 + 
 +  * Reward/Frequent Flyer points. 
 +  * Travel credit for cancelled flights/refunds or similar (state the expiry date exact $ amount in your post)
 +  * Gift cards (in possession) that are unwanted (not purchased to resell). 
 + 
 +Warning: Buying or selling of airline points can lead to the suspension of your Frequent Flyer account(s) and/or the loss of points.
  
 ====== Requirements ====== ====== Requirements ======
 +
   * Before posting, you must enable [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:Private%20Messaging|private messaging]] so that other members can communicate with you privately.   * Before posting, you must enable [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:Private%20Messaging|private messaging]] so that other members can communicate with you privately.
-  * Only members older than 1 year are allowed to post in the classifieds area. There are NO exceptions to this requirement so please do not contact moderators. (Update 8 Feb 2019: Members that are less than a year old that have posted a deal more than 6 weeks ago are no longer allowed to post in the classifieds area)+  * Only memberships older than 1 year are allowed to post in the classifieds area. There are NO exceptions to this requirement so please do not contact moderators to ask for an exemption.
  
 ====== Managing your Post ====== ====== Managing your Post ======
  
-  * Please be descriptive about the item in question, in the same way that you would have listed them on eBayPlease include the price, detailed description and condition of the item, location of the item, payment and delivery methods and other helpful information. +  * Be descriptive about the item in question. Include the price, descriptionthe condition, location, payment options, delivery methods and all other relevant information. 
-  * Feel free to use the File Uploader to upload images of your items and then use the link in the URL field. You can do so by clicking on 'My Account' on the top menu, then 'files' in the second level menu. +  * You may use the File Uploader to upload images of your itemsthen link them in the URL field. You can do so by clicking on 'My Account' on the top menu, then 'files' in the second level menu
-  * Update your post if you are no longer seeking buyers or sellers - for example, once the item has been sold, please mark your item as sold. There is 'mark as…' link for every type of classified post. +  * Please mark the post as sold / swapped / found if the item is no longer available, you have found the item or you have decided not to continue with the classified request. Classifieds posts won't be unpublished. 
-  * You may re-post the same item in a new listing 1 month after the initial post.  If the same item is re-posted earlier, it will be unpublished as a duplicate even if the price or quantity has changed. +  * Do not repost the same item, less than 1 month after the initial post, even if the price, quantity or terms have changed
-  * Note that classifieds listings are automatically marked as 'expired' after 60 days if they have not been sold/swapped/found. +  * Update your post if you are no longer seeking buyers or sellers - for example, once the item has been sold, please mark your item as sold. There is 'mark as…'  
-  * Users are limited to 1 classified post every 24 hours or 2 classifieds posts every 7 days.+  * Note that classifieds listings are automatically marked as 'expired' after 60 daysif they have not been sold/swapped/found. 
 +  * Users are limited to 1 classified post every 24 hours or 2 classifieds posts every 7 days. There is no exception to this.
  
 ====== Warning ====== ====== Warning ======
  
-  * OzBargain does not protect the seller nor the buyer but just acts as a market place so please beware the potential risk dealing with other members here+  * OzBargain does not offer buyer or seller protection, OzBargain acts as a market placeplease beware of the risk and do not proceed if you don't feel comfortable
-  * OzBargain  takes no responsibility for the condition of physical goods, failed deliveries or financial transactions, and will not be involved in any disputes that occur. +  * OzBargain  takes no responsibility for the condition of physical goods, failed deliveries or financial transactions. OzBargain will not be involved in any disputes that occur. 
-  * OzBargain is a website for bargain hunters with a savvy user base. It may be more profitable to just sell your item on eBay/Gumtree.+  * OzBargain is a website for bargain hunters with a savvy user base. It may be more profitable to sell your item on eBay/Gumtree.
  
 Please see [[http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/6102|this thread]] for discussion about selling or swapping on OzBargain. Please see [[http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/6102|this thread]] for discussion about selling or swapping on OzBargain.